A PORCELAIN SOUP PLATE AND SEVEN DINNER PLATES FROM THE SERVICE OF GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH

A PORCELAIN SOUP PLATE AND SEVEN DINNER PLATES FROM THE SERVICE OF GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIODS OF ALEXANDER II (1855-1881) AND ALEXANDER III (1881-1894)
The white bodies decorated with gilt and red trellis and scrollwork borders, centring the crowned monogram of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich (the future Emperor Alexander III), within gilt rims, marked under bases with green underglaze and blue overglaze factory marks
The soup plate, 10 in. (25.5 cm.) diameter and smaller